Rethink digital skills
in 2024

People must take this forward-looking approach to skills development, writes URSULA FEAR, senior talent programme manager...

Wits U leads in optics

Structured Light Research makes the Top 30 advances in optics worldwide in 2023.

Call for climate education in SA schools 

Schools can play a critical role in increasing awareness of local communities and promoting local actions...

Wits researchers find new route into Dark Matter

Working at the Atlas experiment at CERN, two scientists have pioneered a new way of searching...

Deaf Developers graduate from iSchoolAfrica

The inaugural programme aims to empower deaf youth for a future of employment.

SAP offers soft skills to youth

The Educate to Employ initiative, with UNICEF and GenU, aims to provide foundational knowledge to students.

Madagascar scientist wins major research grant

Innovative research could provide a new perspective on conservation in Africa and around the world.

TechnoGirl takes 16,000 through STEM

The Trust is addressing the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Right to Read targets early-grade literacy

A coalition of human rights organisations is calling for urgent action and binding regulations to address...

School for under-resourced communities produces robotics stars

The World Robotics Olympiad, with the theme “My Robot My Friend” saw startling results in the...

Tech must be secondary to transforming education

South Africa's leap into digital education has been short-lived due to the lack of hybrid learning...

One, Two…Twi! Voice dataset reaches 100 languages

Widely spoken in Ghana and other West African countries, Twi is the latest addition to an...

Do androids recognise electric sheep?

South Africa's recognition of blockchain arbitration agreements is complex, write Webber Wentzel partner DYLAN CRON and...

Data comes to life in SA classrooms

SAS has partnered with three South African universities to launch a Teachers4DataAnalytics initiative

Education at the speed of tech

A paradigm shift is required to teach software development, writes GARETH HAWKEY, group CEO of redPanda...

#WomensDay: Girls get together for IT

A day of training, mentoring and connecting with some of the big names in the business...

Portal to promote youth careers across Africa

A newly developed platform from Standard Bank, PluggedIn is aimed at helping youth start, grow and...

Vodacom gets 700 girls coding

700 high school girls will receive coding training this month during Vodacom’s #CodeLikeAGirl programme.

AI comes to education 

AI won't replace teachers, but boost their teaching, writes Angela Schaerer, digital transformation manager at Curro...

Tech firms in overdrive for African skills

A series of initiatives is building momentum for tech skills development across the continent, writes ARTHUR...